Poisoned Knife

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For the differences of this information on Old-gen console and 3DS, see Legacy:Poisoned Knife.
Poisoned Knife
  • Poisoned Knife item sprite
Autofire
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Statistics
Type
Damage14 (Ranged)
Knockback2.4 (Very weak)
Consumable✔️
Critical chance8%
Use time15 (Very fast)
Velocity12
RarityWhite (Rarity level: 0)
Sell12 CC
Research99 required
Inflicts Debuff
DebuffPoisonedPoisoned
Debuff tooltipSlowly losing life
Chance50%
Duration10 seconds
Projectile created
  • Poisoned Knife
    Poisoned Knife
Sounds
Use
The Poisoned Knife inflicting the Poisoned debuff.

The Poisoned Knife is a consumable ranged weapon that has a 1/2 (50%) chance to inflict the Poisoned debuff. It otherwise behaves exactly like the Throwing Knife, except for having slightly better stats overall and auto-use. It can hit up to 2 targets.

Crafting

Recipes

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Desktop versionConsole versionMobile version only:
Poisoned KnifePoisoned Knife50
By Hand

History

  • Desktop 1.4.0.1:
    • Damage type changed from Throwing to Ranged.
    • Can no longer be retrieved after using.
  • Desktop 1.3.0.1:
    • Damage increased from 13 to 14.
    • Knockback increased from 2 to 2.4.
    • Damage type changed from Ranged to Throwing.
    • Can now also be crafted with Vicious Powder.
  • Desktop 1.2: Stack limit was increased from 250 to 999.